I'm just curious to know if any of you have changed insurance post-op... Right now I've got great insurance that covers everything (they even covered my surgery at 100%!), but my husband is looking into getting a new job, and I know that a lot of insurance companies don't cover anything related to weight loss. So what about fills, etc? If you already have the surgery, is it considered a "pre-existing condition" that they will, therefore, cover?

Hi Hodegard,

If your husband goes directly from one insurance coverage to another with no lapse, nothing can be excluded as a "pre-existing condidion." That's the good news. There's no way to tell whether your new insurer will cover anything related to the band, though, you'd just have to ask them.

I'm just not sure whether or not they would consider the band a "pre-existing condition" since it was technically an elective procedure. (Not that I believe that it was truly elective, but you know what I mean...)